I hate browsers

**mr_fern** · March 2nd, 2006, 9:03 PM

So I got bored the other night and I started developing a calendar in PHP. It takes the year and month (if set) and creates a calendar for it. If no year is set, the year and month are the current month and year. For the sake of getting into using divs to format a document, I didn't use tables and used divs only.

So the calendar code worked, but the formatting of the CSS was horrible.

I got the calendar to look the way it should in IE, but in Firefox it was off. In Opera, it worked just like it did in IE. Then I thought about using different display values (table-row, table-cell) for the divs, and got it to display the way properly in Firefox, but then Opera was slightly off, and IE was completely off.

Guess I'll be using a table for the calendar.

H · March 2nd, 2006, 9:25 PM

Actually. Using a table in this matter is appropriate. Many feel that a table is indeed tabular data. I'm one of those people because if you take a table and remove the 7-day format, it works very well as a table. In my opinion the calendar should be done as a table

**mr_fern** · March 2nd, 2006, 9:31 PM

Yeah I know. I have read things articles that say similar. I just wanted to see how it would work without tables, and these browsers and their different parsing *shakes fist*

I figured you'd reply. Mister Validator Man *thumbs up*

Working on any new projects?

H · March 2nd, 2006, 11:26 PM

Hehe... It's one of the things that can be done, but requires more mark-up and hacks than you ever want to use. So yes, tables do have their uses.

I have a special detector that finds questions that are remotely related to standards, I can't help but to reply.

My currently projects are school based... a visitor map, community tutorial site and an arts database. I'd like to two of them, but I'm feeling awfully lazy.

March 2nd, 2006, 9:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	I hate browsers So I got bored the other night and I started developing a calendar in PHP. It takes the year and month (if set) and creates a calendar for it. If no year is set, the year and month are the current month and year. For the sake of getting into using divs to format a document, I didn't use tables and used divs only. So the calendar code worked, but the formatting of the CSS was horrible. I got the calendar to look the way it should in IE, but in Firefox it was off. In Opera, it worked just like it did in IE. Then I thought about using different display values (table-row, table-cell) for the divs, and got it to display the way properly in Firefox, but then Opera was slightly off, and IE was completely off. Guess I'll be using a table for the calendar. __________________ Nobody doing nothing

March 2nd, 2006, 9:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
mr_fern All Ur Base R Belong 2 Us Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 Lives in Vegas & New York 824 posts Gave thanks: 2 Thanked 6 times	Yeah I know. I have read things articles that say similar. I just wanted to see how it would work without tables, and these browsers and their different parsing shakes fist I figured you'd reply. Mister Validator Man thumbs up Working on any new projects? __________________ Nobody doing nothing

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March 2nd, 2006, 9:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
H after g, before i Resident. Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in N,BC,CA 8,092 posts Gave thanks: 48 Thanked 131 times	Actually. Using a table in this matter is appropriate. Many feel that a table is indeed tabular data. I'm one of those people because if you take a table and remove the 7-day format, it works very well as a table. In my opinion the calendar should be done as a table

March 2nd, 2006, 11:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
H after g, before i Resident. Joined in Jul 2004 Lives in N,BC,CA 8,092 posts Gave thanks: 48 Thanked 131 times	Hehe... It's one of the things that can be done, but requires more mark-up and hacks than you ever want to use. So yes, tables do have their uses. I have a special detector that finds questions that are remotely related to standards, I can't help but to reply. My currently projects are school based... a visitor map, community tutorial site and an arts database. I'd like to two of them, but I'm feeling awfully lazy.

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